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Gen. Stanley McChrystal is out commanding Afghanistan operations and Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, is in, pending Senate confirmation. Will the switch do anything to mollify President Obama's critics on the left who contend the Afghanistan conflict is unwinnable? Will Democrats in Congress aim to curtail or even cut off war spending? Can Republicans use the Afghanistan/Pakistan situation as a campaign cudgel against President Obama and congressional Democrats in the fall?

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